That Summer |
Publication Information
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Author: Johnston, Tony |
Illustrator: Moser, Barry |
Title: That Summer |
Date: 2002 |
Publisher: Harcourt |
City: Orlando |
ISBN, paperback: |
ISBN, hardback: 9780152058562 |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction, memoirs/reminiscences
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
A boy looks back on the summer that his brother became ill and died. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This book could be used to help someone cope with the loss of someone close to them. Students could write about someone they have lost. Readers may want to write short poems in response to this story from the point of view of the surviving brother, or write haikus that capture the sadness. Classes may want to discuss how the art sets the mood. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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Book Conversations
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
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Copy Change
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
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Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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